Although Spain is officially a lay country, Easter (or “Semana Santa”) is the legal holyday after Christmas and before Summer. This year, Easter will begin this friday and it’ll end at April 8th. Yeah, I will have a week to relax!
Next Sunday, I’ll go to Garrucha in Almeria with four more friends until Wednesday; and Thursday I’m going to travel to La Horcajada in Avila, the village where my mothers was born.
Andalucia’s map. Almeria is at the east
Almeria’s at east of the famous Andalucia. Almeria is the most arid zone in all Spain, even it has a desert! It’s called “Desierto de Tabernas” and in the 60′s an american west village was built to film western movies, but not just any movies: “For a Few Dollars More” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” were filmed in thath village now transformed in a lil’theme park called “Minihollywood”. The landscape’s simply socking.
Minihollywood
Performance in Minihollywood
Moreover, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”, “Lawrence of Arabia” and a lunar landscape of “2001: Space Oddyssey” were partially filmed in Almeria.
One of the called “Wild Beachs” of Almeria
Happy Holidays!
The Peugeot 307 which five heros will travel 600Km
